ABOUT AXIOM ASIA
OUR APPROACH
ASIAN PRIVATE EQUITY FUND INVESTING
Axiom Asia primarily invests in mid-market, country-specific funds with proven track records and strategies. Our strong relationships in the region enable us to secure valuable allocations to access-constrained fund managers. We also selectively invest in highly capable, NextGen managers who are raising their first or second funds.
DIRECT INVESTING
Axiom Asia invests directly in top-performing companies in Asia alongside our managers. Our systematic co-investment program has allowed us to pivot capital and increase exposure into sectors or geographies that are promising. Given our deep network and successful track record in the Asian private equity market, we are a preferred partner for our managers and have proprietary access to strong direct deal flow.
SECONDARIES
Axiom Asia is an active buyer in the Asian secondary market. We are viewed by managers as a professional, responsive and knowledgeable buyer of fund positions and direct secondaries. We are also a preferred partner in corporate spin-outs and fund restructurings. Our scale and familiarity with the markets enable us to price and close secondary transactions quickly and discreetly.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
We have a long-standing commitment to ESG and giving back to our community.
AXIOM’S ESG POLICY
As one of Asia’s most local and experienced private equity fund management firms, we are conscious that our investment management activities and business operations can have a positive impact on businesses, communities and the environment.
In 2017, Axiom became a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). We are committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into our investment practices. We strive to incorporate the following six PRI principles in our decision making processes:
We will incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes
We will be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices
We will seek appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities in which we invest
We will promote acceptance and implementation of the Principles within the investment industry
We will work together to enhance our effectiveness in implementing the Principles
We will report on our activities and progress towards implementing the Principles.
A copy of Axiom Asia’s ESG policy is available for download here.
AXIOM’S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY
As one of Asia’s most local and experienced PE fund-of funds investment teams, Axiom Asia aspires to become a more diverse and inclusive company to reflect the diversity of our LPs and investments. We consider diversity and inclusion as not just a compliance necessity, but business critical.
Axiom Asia embraces and support our employees’ differences in age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, language differences, nationality or national origin, family or marital status, physical, mental and development abilities, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, skin color, social or economic class, education, work and behavioral styles, political affiliation and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
A copy of Axiom Asia’s D&I policy is available for download here.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES
We recognize the importance of improving the well-being of the communities around us. We are actively involved in positively contributing to our local communities by volunteering and engaging with non-profits in Singapore and in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
